Commentary

On the injustice of slavery, Thomas Jefferson once wrote: "As it is we have the wolf by the ear. We can neither hold him nor safely let him go. Justice is in one scale and self preservation is in the other." The Colonies were at odds then, as it weighed carefully the question of morality vs. self preservation; of individual rights and freedoms vs. the greater good.

Today, we continue to weigh individual rights and freedoms against self preservation as it relates to issues of our time such as gun control, abortion, taxes or even the use of fossil fuels. Conspicuously absent from debate, however, are the accepted practices of government long-term care through Medicaid.

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